I did some hacking to see if this was possible and came up with a developmental script. I'll probably add it to my Utility Script Pack once I get it tested and polished a bit more. Please note that this is a test version and may have bugs!
Save the script below as a ".jsx" file (PLAIN TEXT, not RTF) and put it in Bridge Startup Scripts. Quit and relaunch Bridge.
It takes a plain text file of search terms, one per line, and creates a new collection of found files.
Open the top-level folder you want to search and select Tools->qsTest. Let it run until the last item in your list is onscreen (it may take a while.)
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#target bridge
var qsTest1menu = MenuElement.create('command', 'qsTest', 'at the end of Tools');
qsTest1menu.onSelect = function(){
qsTest1();
}
qsTest1 = function(){
try{
var resultsF = app.document.thumbnail;
var thumbs = null;
var term = [];
var i = 0;
termFile = new File('~/Desktop').openDlg('Select Search Terms File', '*.txt');
if(termFile != null){
termFile.open('r');
var termLine = termFile.readln();
while(termLine != ''){
term[i] = termLine;
termLine = termFile.readln();
i = i + 1;
}
termFile.close();
}
else{
return;
}
var collName = Window.prompt('Please name the results collection.');
if(collName == '' || collName == null){
return;
}
var colls = app.getCollections();
for(var j = 0; j < colls.length; j++){
if(colls[j].name == collName){
app.deleteCollection(colls[j]);
break;
}
}
var qsColl = app.createCollection(collName);
var qsearch = new QuickSearch('');
qsearch.setSearchMethod('bridge');
for(var k = 0; k < term.length; k++){
qsearch.searchString(term[k]);
resultsF = app.document.thumbnail;
thumbs = resultsF.children;
app.addCollectionMember(qsColl, thumbs);
}
}
catch(e){
alert(e + e.line);
}
}
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